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papsr, sAd 81 no n8salss attractive ~ newsy.
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q nsvoF u En.erlsn wa..A coa4 neS lie de-
Elsd. and lt went axs hos eaxes. 50 much -
that within three days anote<r ealtssn was
issued ande ths name Of Tie Seml-iYeskiy
Rsgslie. % Re followed GA the second day
thereafter ~ith what blossoned oat as Tie
Ti-Weekiy BsFsils. These several editions
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fEom tie north. c.ppe3 FROM 81 Louis papegs
OF several DAYS sEfiqui-y, whica were readily
retaied a. twenty-five cents each. and tie
tFi-weekly sss even more success financially
team the weekly Ensi seni-vtekiy elitlofS
In tie earlier s.zges Of tie war The Daily
Appeal va. apparently TIE leaaiag organ IN
ths southwest. but when ths Union forces
hove IN SIGHT q Memphis Il shook the dust q
H. r. ell
TIE fortunes of the Confederate army Ia Is
search for safety. Bat IL lest a finely ap-
pointed Office behind. an Office complete n
every respect, As remembered a. this lste
date,.save a press, and one day there came an
order from the general 70 abandon the little,
dirty, Idlngy, one horse stand around the
corner ana take possession OF The Appeal
building, with all is contents.
Great things were expected OF this ener-
getic advance and 50 there was Immediately
issued probably the only unqueStioned Re-
publican t'-.on paper ever before printed IN
Memphis, under the stately caption Of The
Daily Union Appeal IL was ~gally" I'M
dertakiEg, this publishing daily paper in tho
enemy's country without money or credit, or
any special stock OF brains; bat an editor
from The Avslanehe' was engaged. by ths
"The Appeal" was launched
Z Printers were PLENTIFUL in fact. they could
be found asieep on the efiicc steps az all hours
OF the day and night. and eases" were con-
stantly changing hands, FOR as fast as one
was 81 or g. ahead he made break FOR
''God's country as IL was termed, meaning
the north. Ia consequence OF this intense
desire 70 reach the north there was great
l4ar away nav fox, o,ofvc+ acr.a.,+f.s, fFsr-
nessee money. and it WAS hard pull and fire.
qusntly An impossible one to get any other
kind With which to meet their demands 1t
is recalled as well that the gang at The Ava
lGnche Office, which did the preSswork for
The Appeal, were also terribly exercised about
that Tennessee money. and occasionally they
had cause to bs fearful that none was coming.
How The Daily Union Memphis Appeal
managed 10 live from day TO day is mys-
terry even at this late date but it did in SONS
way, and many printer blessed it for the
opportunity given Of a chance to secure hon
est money and a trip to Gods country, safe
from wars alarms
The correspondents of the great northern
dailies, then waiting for an advance Of the
army. also occasionally volunteered an ''in-
tellectual etching" and The appeal was not
without weight and influence-whilei it lasted.
Ny connection, however, was limited, for in
a few weeks there came marching orders for
the regiment, and without giving thought
10 the possibility of getting q detail to re-
main In Memphis-these were my callOw
days-I turned over my share to a chaplain
and joined my command. Whatever was
the fate OF The Union Appeal is unknown,
unless it died from pure inanition. AIN dianap-
oils News.